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Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading ConstitutionWed, 07 Feb 2018 12:02:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: Arthttp://www.duiblog.com/who-cares-about-drunk-driving-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-849990
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:03:07 +0000http://www.duiblog.com/?p=4561#comment-849990America has been ‘awash’ in alcohol since the beginning. Alcohol always has been, and is one of our favorite pastimes. The majority of Americans drink alcohol, as shown by polls (and by ever-increasing dependency on alcohol tax revenues and D.U.I. fines) and many of these same people freely admit to driving after drinking, and in fact admit to driving while being impaired either by alcohol, or other drugs.
Implausibly, those same polls also consistently report that this very same majority naively believes that D.U.I. penalties represent a “slap on the wrist”, and need to be far more severe, despite the stark reality that in many cases D.U.I. penalties are far more harsh and far- reaching than penalties for many violent crimes such as assault, and robbery. D.U.I laws have gone so far out of control, in fact, as to have taken on lives of their own.
About 1.5 million Americans are arrested for D.U.I. every year, and their lives are torn asunder with penalties that can last a lifetime. The N.H.T.S.A. concluded in a study, however, that for every D.U.I. arrest there are between 772 and 2000 additional episodes of illegal drinking and driving, meaning an additional 1.2 billion D.U.I. offenses are committed by drivers every year, but they have not been caught-YET.
If you are part of the tragically misinformed majority who is clamoring to increase DUI penalties, I say to you: “Be careful what you wish for”…
]]>By: Arthttp://www.duiblog.com/who-cares-about-drunk-driving-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-849988
Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:58:23 +0000http://www.duiblog.com/?p=4561#comment-849988When Hitler came for the Jews, I wasn’t afraid- because I wasn’t Jewish.
Then, when he came for the Catholics, I wasn’t afraid, because I wasn’t Catholic.
And then when Hitler came for the gays, I also wasn’t afraid, because I was not gay.
But when Hitler came for the first-time, no victim, not impaired DUIs based solely on BAC? Then I WAS afraid- because by that time there were no survivors to come to me defense…

First time misdemeanor DUI, was not impaired, was sleeping in my vehicle. It cost me a 25 year nursing career (the BON took my license), and will be hanging over my head like a guillotine for the rest of my (unemployable) life.

Welcome to Germany. I mean America.

]]>By: Bob Wileyhttp://www.duiblog.com/who-cares-about-drunk-driving-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-847124
Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:14:19 +0000http://www.duiblog.com/?p=4561#comment-847124I came across this article. Thought you might be interested in this story.

]]>By: Andre Smithhttp://www.duiblog.com/who-cares-about-drunk-driving-suspects/comment-page-1/#comment-845510
Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:12:26 +0000http://www.duiblog.com/?p=4561#comment-845510As someone who recently pleaded out a DUI charge in CA, I totally feel your points on this one. FWIW, my BAL was .19% (not BrAC), so there was no way I was wiggling out of that one. I’m not even going to deny being a “problem drinker” you keep mentioning in your posts. I AM working on it, because I know that I have a problem.

That being said, you’re absolutely right when you say it’s far easier for the courts to side with the prosecution when it comes to DUI cases for political/career reasons.

Don’t even get me started on the penalties even for first offenders that often exceed the sentences for many misdemeanors and some low-level felonies.

I can understand paying the fine and the sky-high SR-22 insurance for at least three years. You pay to play.

On the other hand, when someone cannot drive a vehicle legally for 5 months unless they are going straight to the DUI class/work/school (assuming 1mo suspension and then a restricted license), that’s one step short of a total house arrest in the vast majority of USA.

At my work, there are NO food places within a reasonable walking distance, so I get to break the law every single time I drive half a mile to grab a decent lunch. Ditto the above for my home. My choices are down to Taco Bell, Subway, and the liquor store in-between if I want to walk.

Of course, I’m driving someone else’s car with clean plates, so I just get to drive carefully and flip the bird under the dashboard every time I see a police car. Same for weekends – I don’t have an endless supply of friends to bum rides off of (not that I would want them to know I caught a Dewey unless I met them in my DUI class).

Now that the neo-prohibitionists want to bring the DUI cut-off down to .05, come to think of it – I’m all for it. Every cop that spends 2-3 hours writing up and booking some poor shmuck who blows a .05 is a cop I don’t need to worry about it.